₦airaland Forum

The average price of refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas dropped by 17.4 percent on a month-on-month, MoM basis, to N11,875 in August 2025 from N14,375 in July.

On a year-on-year, YoY basis, the average retail price declined by 16.7 percent from N14, 261.57 recorded in the corresponding period of 2024.

Meanwhile, checks by Vanguard confirmed that the price of 1kg currently retails at N950, N1,000 and N1,020 depending on the location.

However the latest report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch for July 2025, disclosed that the average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of gas decreased by 1.91 percent on a month-on-month basis to N20,609.48 in July 2025 from N21,010.56 in June.

The report stated “On state profile analysis, Adamawa state recorded the highest average retail price for refilling a 12.5kg cylinder of cooking gas with N22,528.39 followed by Rivers state with N22,512.49 and Taraba with N22,363.57.

Conversely, the lowest average price was recorded in Yobe state N19,030.00, followed by Niger and Nasarawa states with N19,154.99 and N20,000.62 respectively.

EyeCumInPeace:
This APC & propaganda are 5&6.

Just filled 12.5kg for ₦13,750 @ 1,100/kg

dahmie2013:
This is true. I bought last 1,200 per KG, as against 1,400.

EyeCumInPeace:
This APC & propaganda are 5&6.

Just filled 12.5kg for ₦13,750 @ 1,100/kg

onome25:
no be gadus again
APC are filled with hard criminals & liars strolling in Thier blood so it's usual with Thier deceptive agenda

ogolemati:
we all knew the price at 2014 #240when APC asked if Nigerians are happy buying it at that price meaning APC will reduce the price more .today they write all sort of crezy Epistles to tell you buying it at 1200 against 240-320 is better

Afrojuju2017:
I'm pretty sure LPG was effectively subsidized then, and the Dollar which was a component in import was also subsidized because as of 2014 most LPG was imported while we were busy flaring our local production capacity into the air.

ogododo:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/09/cooking-gas-price-drops-17-4-to-n11875-investigation/

Hamachi:
They want us to believe that the average price of cooking gas in July was over N20,000 for a 12.5kg cylinder, yet by August it supposedly dropped to N11,875. That’s a whopping difference of almost 9,000 naira in just one month. But does this reflect the reality in our markets? Absolutely not.

Go to any gas plant today and ask the attendants — a kilogram of gas still sells between N950 and N1,020, depending on location. Multiply that by 12.5kg and you’re paying anywhere from N11,875 to N12,750. That’s the real market rate people are experiencing, not the inflated figures NBS is publishing.

So how does the same NBS report claim Nigerians were paying N20,609.48 in July? The math doesn’t add up. If 1kg was around N1,000, then a 12.5kg refill couldn’t have realistically cost more than N12,500 to N13,000. Where did the extra N7,000–8,000 come from?

This is why many Nigerians don’t trust official statistics — they often reflect paperwork and bureaucracy, not the daily struggle of ordinary families. The truth is simple: while prices have eased slightly compared to last year, they are still biting hard for the average household. A family that refills once or twice a month still spends nearly N25,000 on gas alone.

Instead of releasing contradictory reports, what people want to see are policies that genuinely bring down energy costs, not just statistics that don’t match what’s happening in the market.